HEADLINES FROM THE IZRAELI HEBREW PRESS
HA’ARETZ:1. EGYPTIAN CHANELLING FORCES TO SINAI WITHOUT COORDINATING WITH ISRAEL.
Jerusalem hears about the steps after the fact, and looks the other way.
2. Additional confrontation between Weinstein and the Ministerial Committee on Settlements.
MINISTERS DECIDED TO TRANSFER HEBRON STORES TO SETTLERS; ATTORNEY GENERAL OBJECTS.
3. STEEP INCREASE IN FOOD PRICES; CONCERNS OVER GASOLINE AS WELL.
4. HEBREW UNIVERSITY, THE TECHNION AND THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE
– AMONG THE WORLD’S BEST.
MA’ARIV
1. [ISRAEL’S] AMBASSADOR TO THE US: EVEN DELAYING THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROJECT BY A YEAR IS SIGNIFICANT.
„One or two years is a long time in the Middle East,” says Ambassador Michael Oren. „Even in the 1981 attack on the Iraqi reactor, it was estimated that we would gain only a delay of several years.” Khamenei: „Zionist regime to disappear from the map.”
2. At peak of tourist season:
TWO STRONG EXPLOSIONS IN EILAT.
Last night: Security forces searched for rockets that apparently fell in the Eilat area, after residents reported loud explosions that were heard throughout the southern city.
3. SHARP INCREASES IN PRICES OF MILK, EGGS AND GASOLINE.
After bread: Food prices to jump 13-17% due to global agriculture crisis. Gasoline prices expected to rise next month by approximately NIS 0.40.
YEDIOT AHRONOT
1. At height of vacations: Explosions reverberate throughout southern city.
CONCERN: ROCKETS LAUNCHED AT EILAT.
Preliminary searches in Israeli territory last night found no GRAD remains.
2. GASOLINE TO JUMP TO NIS 8.15.
In two weeks: Price expected to rise by NIS 0.40 per liter. By the end of the year, prices of milk, eggs, poultry and beef to rise by 6-17%.
3. WEIZMANN INSTITUTE AND THE TECHNION MAKE THE TOP 100.
Join Hebrew University in list of best 100 academic institutions in the world.
YISRAEL HAYOM
1. This is how the leader of Iran
– whose finger is on the button –
expresses himself.
KHAMEINI: ISRAEL WILL BE ERASED FROM THE MAP.
(…). „This Islamic land will return to the Palestinian nation.” Israeli Government begins to discuss defense budget. Today: Knesset to confirm Avi Dichter as Home Front Defense Minister.
2. GASOLINE PRICES EN ROUTE TO ALL-TIME HIGH.
Expected to jump NIS 0.40 per liter, to approximately NIS 8.26 at full-service pumps. Following global price increases: Prices of milk, poultry, eggs and vegetables to rise here as well.
3. TWO STRONG EXPLOSIONS SHAKE EILAT.
Last night: Security forces searched for rocket remains. (…).
WALLA!
1. „SALAFIST SINAI FRONT”: WE FIRED ROCKETS AT EILAT.
Organization, apparently identified with extremist Islam, announces that it was behind firing of rockets at ‘Um Rashrash’
– Arabic name for Eilat. This morning: Searches continue for rocket remains in southern city. Security source estimates: Eilat explosions –
GRADs.
NANA10
1. SEARCH FOR ROCKETS: „SALAFIST ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE.”
Searches resume for rockets fired at Eilat last night. „Salafist Sinai Front” claims it was behind firing.
[Headlines for Walla! and Nana10 are from their websites as of 11:35.] ______________________________
SUMMARY OF OP-EDS FROM THE HEBREW PRESS
Yediot Ahronot comments on events in Egypt and notes: „The new President and the Muslim Brotherhood that stands behind him are currently engaged in replacing editors-in-chief and senior journalists at government newspapers. The new directives are that it is forbidden to criticize the Muslim Brotherhood or the President.” The author claims that while the official media in Egypt, „has gone back to being a media that trumpets the ruler’s every step,” the private media, „is meeting an iron fist<www.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/world/middleeast/egypts-islamists-accused-of-limiting-press-freedom.html?pagewanted=all>,” and adds that, „A regime of fear is rapidly developing against those with overly critical opinions, and all in the name of ‘completing the revolution’.” The paper concludes: „Israel has a long history of disappointment with Egypt…Now, when Egypt is entering a new stage in its history, with the return of one-man rule, Israelis have no expectations from Egypt other than the minimum of upholding overall security stability. That’s all. Nobody in Israel has any more illusions about economic or commercial cooperation, which could greatly benefit both sides. Israelis can only wish Egypt success in the new path that it has chosen in its continuing search for its independent identity.”
Ma’ariv says, „Following unequivocal backing from Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Stanley Fischer<www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=281355>, Defense Minister Ehud Barak need not fear
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the 2013 defense budget will not be cut,” and adds, „The immediate price of not cutting the defense budget is the need to cut all other government ministries, including social budgets.” The author says that since this includes possibly cutting support payments and public sector wages, „It is clear why Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not enthusiastic about dealing with the 2013 budget.” However, in reference to recent or anticipated price increases in the price of fuel and various food products, the paper believes that, „With all due respect, the Israeli Government has no possibility of influencing the prices of fuel and wheat, or the dollar exchange rate.”
Yisrael Hayom strongly criticizes an online petition calling on Air force pilots to refuse orders to bomb targets in Iran<www.timesofisrael.com/petition-calls-on-pilots-to-refuse-orders-on-iranian-strike> and says that it, „legitimizes the hilltop youth,” and all those, „in whose brains an inner voice says that the situation is so special that it warrants disrupting the Government’s lawful activity.”
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